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Over half of UK’s fastest-growing companies have foreign-born founder smeweb.com/over-half-of-uks-… @TenThinkTank

Over half of UK’s fastest-growing companies have foreign-born founder

More than half of the UK’s 100 fastest growing businesses were founded by someone from overseas. At 54%, it’s the joint-highest annual figure since the

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MPs to investigate what it takes to start and grow a UK business smeweb.com/mp-to-investigate… @HoCcommitteesUK

MP to investigate what it takes to start and grow a UK business

The Business, Innovation, Science, and Trade Committee has launched an inquiry into the barriers facing new entrepreneurs and those looking to build their

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How to ensure the prompt payment of an invoice smeweb.com/how-to-ensure-the… The latest exclusive column from Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones. @emmaljones @SB_Commissioner #promptpayment #latepayment

Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones CBE: How to ensure the prompt payment of an invoice

The latest exclusive article for SMEWeb from Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones CBE. Emma runs the independent public body that tackles late

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Burnham says several post-Brexit deals ‘on the table’ with EU to ‘boost UK growth’ smeweb.com/burnham-says-seve… #EU #AndyBurnham #Brexit

Burnham says several post-Brexit deals 'on the table' with EU to 'boost UK growth'

Prime minister Andy Burnham said he hopes to discuss new deals on food and drink products, emissions trading, a youth experience scheme and deeper

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Rio Ferdinand, Deborah Meaden and Simon Squibb among judges for start-up pitching competition with $200,000 top prize smeweb.com/rio-ferdinand-deb… @rioferdy5 @DeborahMeaden @simonsquibb @AlibabaGroup

Rio Ferdinand, Deborah Meaden and Simon Squibb among judges for start-up pitching competition with...

Alibaba.com has announced the return of CoCreate Pitch Europe, its product-based start-up competition. With prizes from a $1 million global fund shared

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ASOS cyber attacked in apparent hack: Lessons and advice for businesses smeweb.com/asos-cyber-attack… #ASOS #ASOShack #ASOShacked

ASOS cyber attacked in apparent hack: Lessons and advice for small businesses

Customers of online retailer ASOS have received a push notification claiming that the company has been hacked. With the heading 'ASOS HACKED', the message

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More than a million sole traders and landlords impacted by next stage of Making Tax Digital smeweb.com/more-than-a-milli… #MakingTaxDigital

More than a million sole traders and landlords impacted by next stage of Making Tax Digital

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that around 1,077,000 more sole traders and landlords will need to create digital records and use software

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What was in Andy Burnham’s Labour Party Conference speech for businesses? smeweb.com/what-was-in-andy-… #lab26 #labconf26 #andyburnham @e_nation @britishchambers @CBItweets @PSKD1 @Lizziepin @DanielWoolf16

What was in Andy Burnham's Labour Party Conference speech for businesses?

Andy Burnham has delivered his first speech as prime minister at the Labour Party Conference. Here the key points of interest to businesses. EU-UK

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Chancellor pledges ‘a new age of industrialisation’ and £100 million fund for apprenticeships smeweb.com/chancellor-pledge… #LabConf26 #Lab2026 @e_nation @fsb_policy @britishchambers @CBItweets @Lizziepin @PSKD1 @DanielWoolf16

Chancellor pledges 'a new age of industrialisation' and £100 million fund for apprenticeships

With a month to go until his first Budget as chancellor, John Healey has said the government will deliver "a new age of industrialisation". Speaking at

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Disabled young people to be offered guaranteed government funded jobs smeweb.com/disabled-young-pe… #LabConf26

Disabled young people to be offered guaranteed government funded jobs

The government is extending its Job Guarantee scheme to disabled young people. From April 2027, eligible 18-24-year-olds on health benefits will be

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New £140 million fund for East of England businesses smeweb.com/new-140-million-f… @BritishBBank

New £140 million fund for East of England businesses

A new £140 million for small and medium sized businesses in the East of England has been launched by the British Business Bank (BBB). The East of England

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport confirms ministerial briefs smeweb.com/department-for-di… #DCMS @IanMurrayMP

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport confirms ministerial briefs

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has officially confirmed the briefs for its ministers following the changes announced by new

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New employee rights for family bereavement and pregnancy loss to be introduced in April 2027 smeweb.com/new-employee-righ… #employmentrights

New employee rights for family bereavement and pregnancy loss to be introduced in April 2027

Employees will be legally entitled to time off work following a bereavement or pregnancy loss from April 2027. The government said the new right to

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UK small businesses most vulnerable to cyber attacks smeweb.com/uk-small-business… #cybersecurity

UK small businesses most vulnerable to cyber attacks

Almost two in five UK small businesses suffered a cyber attack in the past year, new research reveals.  A global study by Hiscox found UK firms were most

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Hospitality and leisure firms in Wales to get 30% cut in business rates smeweb.com/hospitality-and-l… #businessrates

Hospitality and leisure firms in Wales to get 30% cut in business rates

Welsh pubs, restaurants, cafés, bars, licensed clubs, hotels, gyms, cinemas and other hospitality and leisure companies will get a 30% reduction in

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Burnham pledges to back entrepreneurs and calls for a ‘culture shift’ in how the UK does business smeweb.com/burnham-pledges-t… #andyburnham

Burnham pledges to back entrepreneurs and calls for a ‘culture shift’ in how the UK does business

Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised a “culture shift” in how the UK does business ahead of meetings with entrepreneurs, big business bosses and local

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Ministers pledge to cut business paperwork that’s ‘longer than The Hobbit’ smeweb.com/ministers-pledge-…
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Government announces £150 million fund for North of England scale-ups and pledges to double number of UK unicorns smeweb.com/government-to-ann… @SMEwebUK #scaleups #unicorns
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Entrepreneur Alex Depledge reappointed as entrepreneurship adviser to the chancellor smeweb.com/entrepreneur-alex… #Budget2026 #AutumnBudget

Entrepreneur Alex Depledge reappointed as entrepreneurship adviser to the chancellor

Tech founder Alex Depledge, who was former chancellor Rachel Reeves’ adviser on entrepreneurship, has been given the same role in Andy Burnham’s

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Two creative sector ‘freelance champions’ appointed by government smeweb.com/two-creative-sect… #creativeindustries

Two creative sector 'freelance champions' appointed by government

The government has announced the appointment of two people to represent freelancers in the creative industries. Leila D’Aronville and Lizzie Crump have

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